How Can I Help You In 2011?

WOW! I can’t believe that it’s already 2011.

Another year is gone for ever and another year in the Internet Marketing world ended. What did you make in 2010 and what are your plans for 2011?

For me 2010 was a year with many “investments”. I invested on getting a mentor, I invested on building my list, on new knowledge etc. Yes it was also another year with newer mistakes, learning new advanced stuff and discovering what works today from first hand. It was the year where I successfully climbed one more level.

It was the first year that made me feel more powerful than ANY other year I’ve been online and I am certain that 2011 will be a tremendous year for me! Ok enough about me.

I want YOU to feel the same thing in 2011.

As you may noticed in 2010 and especially in the last 6 months, there were many hyper product launches with over-hyped promotion. To be honest I bought some of them to learn the new techniques that I could apply in my business. You have to do this because if you don’t invest in gaining new knowledge you will not move forward. That’s a fact!

However, I was really disappointed on most of the products! Some of them were incomplete, some other were trying to mislead the potential customer by 360 degrees, just like this product. (you can read the review here). (By the way I will make another post soon revealing another “bad” product (technique) where you have to fool other marketers and webmasters to make it worthwhile). Every day my email inbox is full of this kind of promotions, promising you the best ways that will make you thousands online overnight, just by clicking a push button! I am sure you get these emails too.

I haven’t tried promoting these kinds of products that don’t provide value and that would not help you in 2010 and this is my purpose for this year too.

Don’t get me wrong. In 2010 there were also products that really worth the money and definitely had more value from all other products out there!

I will let you know whenever I come across a product that will not help you, so that you don’t lose your time and money on it but also let you know about products and information that I see real value in it.

I just love reading your comments or your personal emails were you are thanking me for helping you and saving your time and money or by following the correct path in your business.

Here are some of the comments (selected text. Don’t worry I will never reveal something personal) that give me the power to continue helping you guys (and girls :) ) this year too.

“..you saved me some more of my hard earned cash..”

“..It is so refreshing to actually find someone who cares about their readers!”

“If the market was full of people like you, (honest and considerate) it would be a better place and people would not be so worried about being ripped off.”

“You are so helpful, kind and really care about your subscribers! Thanks for clearing this issue without costing me an arm and leg.. :)

“..its nice when someone puts there readers and subscribers first..”

“Andreas thanks for getting me out of the “newbie’s stage!”

“I contacted other gurus and they never reply. I was just amazed that you replied and you tried to help me with my ebook..”

“Thanks for helping me out creating a better squeeze page…I really appreciated it!!”

“..and because of your advice I started making money after 3 years of trying..”

And many more!

I would like to personally thank everyone  for your good words!

So what are my plans for 2011 that will benefit you?

I have a few small plans and some big plans for 2011. I am not going to reveal everything in this post but I will let you know the one that will benefit you.

  • I want to help as more people as I can in a more personal level, so that they can avoid my mistakes and be closer on having success online.
  • I will try to create as more valuable and useful content that will help you.
  • I will create more helpful blog posts sharing more free tips and other information, so that it will be easier for a newbie marketer to get into the correct way, leaving behind all the “useless” actions.

How can I help YOU in 2011?

I know that there is so much information in the internet marketing industry that it’s hard to be always focused – even for the big gurus. Heard anything about information overload?! :) Not to mention how “information overload” can easily distrust the newbie. I used to be one for many years and know how it is!

Am I perfect? Am I a millionaire guru? I might be not a super guru but just a regular guy that managed to get out of the “newbie’s cycle”, were I was trapped for many years. I am just a guy that cares about newbies and I’m just trying to do my best.

So how was 2010 for you and what do you want to help you out in 2011?

What do you want to learn? With what exactly are you frustrated? What is the number 1 problem in your list? What are your thoughts? Do you have a plan?

Feel free to leave a comment below or if you prefer you can contact me personally for anything that concerns you.

Remember, if you dont contact me then I cannot help you! :)

So, I Wish You A Happy And A Prosperous New Year!
2011 will be YOUR year!
Take care,
Andreas

Affiliate Marketing Mistake #7

Affiliate marketing is very competitive. Since its one of the easiest ways to make money online thousands of people promote all kinds of affiliate products.

Sometimes there are more than 500 or even 1,000 affiliate marketers promoting a product on the same time! This usually happens when there is a product launch. How do you compete with all these marketers?

You give bonuses!

This is another mistake that many affiliate marketers make. Not offering a bonus!

You have to give something that is valuable to the buyers that buy through your affiliate link. That way you will increase the affiliate product or affiliate service value and turn more visitors into a buyer.

So what can you offer? What can you give a bonus to someone that buys through your affiliate link?

A bonus can be something related to the affiliate product. It can be something that will add more value to the current affiliate product. Just think as you were the buyer.

For example if you are selling an ebook about “Dog Health” you can give a “Dog Healthy Recipes” ebook as a bonus. The easiest way to create your own ebook is by purchasing a MRR ebook (Master Resell Rights) or a PLR (Private Resell Rights) ebook. It is not the greatest bonus because other affiliate marketers might give the same ebooks as a bonus but it’s the easiest to create.

Not only ebooks can be given as a bonus. You can create and offer an audio bonus. For example if you are selling a “Dog Training” ebook you can interview the owner of the dog training ebook giving away some extra tips. You can also do an interview with a dog trainer in your town or anywhere in the world through Skype.

Videos are very hot nowadays. So another bonus that you can offer is a video.

For example if you are promoting a “How To Build A Fireplace” ebook you can give a video away. You can create a video that shows how YOU build your own fireplace by using the techniques and steps that are in the affiliate ebook you are promoting. People will love this since they can see EXACTLY how to build their own fireplace. This will not only give an extra value to the product. It will prove to your potential customers that you’ve actually used the product you are promoting. This will definitely increase your conversion ratio.

These are just some examples but there are hundreds of bonuses that you can offer. Of course although I’ve used digital information products in the above examples, you can give a bonus for physical products too. If for example you are promoting a “Laminate Flooring” product, you can give a “How To Clean Laminate Flooring” ebook or a video or something that is related as a bonus.

But remember! The most important thing is to give as more value as you can to the existing affiliate product. Just ask yourself “what else is valuable for my customer and how can I help him the most?” Make sure that the bonus you are offering is related to the affiliate product and will help the buyer.

Well yes a bonus could take some more time and perhaps more money to create it, but it helps a lot. It helps both your buyer and your conversion rate so it definitely worth’s your time and money.

Ok thanks for reading.

As always I would LOVE to read your comments!

Take care,

Andreas

Stay Away From “Auto Mass Traffic” Product!?

There was a new product launch, about a new software called “Auto Mass Traffic”. Lots of guru internet marketers are currently  promoting this “amazing” new product.

As I am always seeking for new ways to make money online I visited the salesletter page and after a couple of minutes I bought it.

To be honest, I was VERY excited!! I didn’t had a clue what this new system was, since all they tell you is what it is NOT all about etc. Its about getting so much traffic that can NOT be achieved using Google™, Yahoo™, MSN™, FaceBook™, Google Adwords™, SEO, Twitter™, Adswaps  Joint Ventures and many more COMBINED!?

BUT hey I wanted to find out what it was so I finally decided to buy it.

I was excited until.. 10 minutes later..

10 minutes later from being excited I got VERY DISAPPOINTED.

Not because of the unknown source of traffic but because of the whole marketing these guys are doing in this product promotion.

When you click on the buy button you are then directed to one time offers. Nothing bad with one time offers, however 5 one time offers is a lot and can make someone angry and really upset.

I was about to cancel my purchase JUST because of the amount of the upsells and downsells! I don’t know how many newbies will have the patience to read all these one time offers.

And EVEN if you have the patience you will get disappointed.

All one time offers are pretty much telling you that the “Auto Mass Traffic” software s*cks unless you buy the other products (scripts/training/seminars/webinar stuff). And of course these have either a heavy monthly fee or just a heavy cost.

So there is NO software involved?

Well the only software I could find (actually its a script) were 2 scripts that can be run though your browser. Ok it doesn’t matter if the software can be used by installing it on your computer or just by using it online but it matter when you pay money to get a worthless (almost worthless) tool. Because the first script it’s a very basic looking keyword/URL lookup tool that basically gives you a list of URLs from search engines based on keywords you type in.

So if you type in the keyword phrase “weight loss” it will find out the top rated sites for this specific keyword phrase. WHAT?!  :-o

Why not just going to Google directly and find them for free?!

Ok the good thing is that the second “script” has some value.

It shows you the “Buyer Probability” of a keyword phrase. If you want to get visitors and profit from that traffic then you SHOULD target the “buyer keywords”, because that traffic worth MUCH more than any other traffic even if it’s the 1/10 traffic.

There are so many professional keyword tools and cheap services out there that can give you detailed information. You can even find FREE services such as the Google Adwords Keywords Tool and the MSN Detecting Online Commercial Intention

So why spend $37 for an “almost not that bad” keyword tool?

With your $37 investment they finally reveal you that this automatic software is mainly a basic guide on CPV (Cost Per View) advertising. The guide is not that bad for a newbie marketer. It includes many screenshots and instructions.

But it is incomplete guide and includes many “forgotten” links. They tell you to “click here” but you cant because … there is NO LINK inside the guide!

They promise you..

A new traffic software that makes money on autopilot and they show you a basic keyword tool which is just a tiny part of the whole system..

They promise you..

“NO crushing advertising costs”

and EVEN 867,9811 FREE visitors!!!

and you find out that you have to pay for that traffic. Ok it might be a cheap traffic source but is definitely NOT a free traffic! The DirectCPV company (Contextual Cost Per View Ad Network”) offers a free $25 Voucher HOWEVER you will need to deposit at least $100 to get started…

Hm.. I wonder why they are calling it free visitors?!

They promise you “3 easy steps”

1. Configure this system

2. Activate the software

3. Copy, Paste & Profit

In other words they tell you ALL you have to do is install this thing and then push the magic button and the just collect the cheques…

Hm.. could it be THAT easy? Well not exactly!

Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem paying for traffic, paying for powerful software paying for quality information (I am doing this all the time). I have no problem of the hype that all good salesletter have but WHY all this hype?!

Why is the owner misleading the potential customers?

A happy customer is the key to success, not unhappy (or almost unhappy).

CPV advertising is a traffic source where you can really get cheap traffic. However I would not recommend you to get “Auto Mass Traffic”.

Thank you. As always you can share your opinion if you want to.

Take care,

Andreas

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